Allstate drivers getting safer

WINDSOR, ONT.: OCTOBER 10, 2011 -- A 21-year-old Windsor man driving a 2001 Mercedes smashed into a truck stopped at a red light on Huron Line near Prince Road, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Police said the male was charged with careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act. (DAX MELMER / The Windsor Star)

Ontario Allstate drivers saw a seven per cent decline in crashes over the past two years, according to data released this week. In Southwestern Ontario, which includes communities west of Hamilton, the drop was steeper at 8.8 per cent.

While Allstate ranked 45 Ontario communities based on crash rates per 100 cars, the only towns included in the rankings were communities with at least 900 policy holders. The safest drivers were located in Brockville with 2.48 crashes per 100 cars, while Chatham was third with 3.26 crashes per 100 cars and saw a 23 per cent drop in collisions since 2009.

While Amherstburg was ranked fourth safest in the province with 3.5 crashes per 100 cars and Windsor was 19th with 4.4 crashes per 100 cars, no other Essex County towns were in the study because they didn’t have 900 policy holders.

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